Paul Watson

So, like, he's sort of done an amazing job, hasn't he, really, considering.

Yeah, so he led Curacao to the World Cup, a heroic effort, and then actually had to step down because his daughter was really not very well and he decided he just couldn't coach for the World Cup.

He recommended his replacement, Fred Rutten, another Dutch coach, and he had a bit of a nightmare, Rutten.

They got thrashed by Australia, beaten by China.

There's a sense the players didn't really want him in there.

And the sponsors also were leaning on the Federation to bring back Advocat.

And luckily, his daughter got a lot better, her health, and Advocat came back in.

And he will be the oldest coach in World Cup history at 78.

Funnily enough, when Julian Negelsman was born, Advocat was 40.

So Negelsman was literally in nappies when Advocat was coaching the Dutch women's national side.

But the weird thing about this World Cup oldest coach is he's going to change hands three times during the tournament, the oldest coach, because Hugo Bruce of South Africa in the opening game will become the oldest coach of 74.

He's going to pass it a few hours later to Miroslav Kubek of Czechia, who is also 74 but a bit older.

And then when Germany play Curacao in June the 14th, it goes to Advocat at 78.

And I don't know if they'll ever beat that record, really.

No, because of how difficult this group is, I don't massively see them getting anywhere in this tournament.

But it's a stronger side than you might envisage in a way.

So it's an entirely Netherlands-raised squad.

Only one player was born in Curaçao.

That's Tahith Chong of Sheffield United.

He scored that brilliant goal against Germany in there, friendly, which they did lose 4-1.